13:15 Registration
13:30 Welcome and introduction
Dr Anu Gunavardhan, Chair of the RCPath Wales Regional Council
13:40 Digital Pathology service for haematological malignancies: A paradigm change?
Professor Stefan Dojcinov, Swansea Bay University Health Board
14:05 Pharmacotherapy in Weight Management – Past, Present and Future
Dr Patrick Wainwright, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
14:30 Haematology update
Dr Abdul Mannan, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
14:55 Genomic testing in cancer: Experiences of an NHS diagnostic laboratory in delivering for patients and navigating strategies for the future
Mrs Sally A Spillane, All Wales Medical Genomics Service
15:20 Break
15:35 President update
Professor Mike Osborn, RCPath President
15:55 Being a LIFT FY1 in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Dr Taranvir Kullar, Swansea Bay Health Board
16:05 The LIFT programme: a junior doctor’s gateway to histopathology
Dr Sally Ashton, Swansea Bay Health Board
16:15 IT and innovations in Cellular Pathology: a trainee’s perspective
Dr Alistair Heath, Cellular Pathology trainee, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
16:25 Poster Presentation: Tumour Mutational Burden: clinical utility as an immunotherapy response predictor in the NHS
Mrs Helen Roberts, All Wales Medical Genomics Service (AWMGS), University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
16:35 Poster presentation: Delivering a National perioperative Anaemia Pathway – Utilising laboratory services to drive clinical improvement
Mrs Stephanie Ditcham, Welsh Blood Service, Llantrisant, Wales, UK
16:45 Poster presentation: Haemoglobinopathy Event in Cardiff City Centre – Public Engagement and Screening Opportunity
Dr Chloe Knott, Haematology, University Hospital Wales
16:55 Poster presentation: Value of using multiwell cassettes in a busy Histology department
Mr Robert Bonwick-Salisbury, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
17:05 Summary and close
Dr Anu Gunavardhan, Chair of the RCPath Wales Regional Council